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NEWS ABOUT: Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe stories: 16 news summaries
OPINION

Hogwarts Is Rife With Homosexual Tension


Jul 18, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - No fancy divining necessary: Anyone with decent gaydar can see that new Harry Potter movie is awash in homoeroticism, Natasha Vargas-Cooper writes on Gawker. Hogwarts is seething with hormones in the Half-Blood Prince, she notes, but with the idea of "loose lady wizards" a no-no, most of the flirtation... More »

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Harry Potter • homosexuality • Daniel Radcliffe • teen sex • Hogwarts • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

(Newser) - Though rarely a fan of wizards and witches, the Vatican has declared the latest Harry Potter film a positive tale of “friendship, altruism, loyalty" that achieves the "correct balance" in depicting teen romance, reports the Guardian. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, opening today, makes clear that... More »

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Harry Potter • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Daniel Radcliffe • action movie • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Emma Watson

NEW RELEASE

 Potter Still Making Magic 

Sixth installment is one of the best in the series

Jul 14, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Our sixth cinematic trip to Hogwarts holds onto the magic with stunning visuals, great acting, and a maturing storyline:
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is “spellbinding, even though it is more grounded in reality and less fanciful than previous installments,” writes Claudia Puig in USA Today.
... More »

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Harry Potter • film • movie review • book • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Emma Watson • Rupert Grint

 'Harry' Charms 
 Kid Reporter 

Radcliffe exudes class at premiere

Jul 13, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe didn't need his onscreen counterpart's wand to charm a very cub reporter at the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. As journos pressed in on all sides, Radcliffe zeroed in on the nervous 11-year-old Scholastic News reporter, New York reports. He continually—but politely—... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • celebrity • movie premiere • reporter • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Watson Waves Goodbye to Harry Potter

Seeking 'normal' life, Hermione gets ready
for Ivy League

Jul 11, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 10 years at Hogwarts, Emma Watson is ready to move on to the Ivy League, the New York Daily News reports. The Harry Potter actress, who’s been playing the boy wizard’s pal Hermione Granger since she was 9, is taking a break from acting—and movie shoots,... More »

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Harry Potter • Ivy League • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Emma Watson • actress

 Potter Kids Need 
 to Rebel: 'Malfoy' 

Film needs more controversy from young actors, says co-star

Jun 8, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The young stars making magic in the Harry Potter series are far too nice, says co-star Jason Isaac. “The problem with Harry Potter,” the actor who plays Lucius Malfoy, father of Potter rival Draco, tells the Telegraph, “is that there is so little controversy.” They “... More »

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Harry Potter • child actors • film • Daniel Radcliffe • Emma Watson • Rupert Grint • Jason Isaacs

 Potter Stunt Double 
 Feared Paralyzed 
 In Set Blast 

Stuntman plummets to ground while rehearsing flying scene

Jan 29, 09 4:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter stunt double has been seriously injured in an accident during the filming of the final boy-wizard movie, the Daily Mirror reports. The 25-year-old man was rehearsing a flying sequence using a harness when an explosion sent him plummeting to the ground. He told colleagues he couldn't... More »

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Harry Potter • accident • Daniel Radcliffe • stunts • stuntman

 'Harry' Invites 
 Obama Girls 
 to Hogwarts 

Actor offers to give first daughters a tour

Jan 28, 09 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Malia and Sasha Obama just moved into the White House, and they may soon get a tour of an even more exciting place: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter himself—or, rather, actor Daniel Radcliffe—invited the first daughters to visit the set and said he “would... More »

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Barack Obama • Harry Potter • Michelle Obama • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Daniel Radcliffe • first daughter • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama

 Radcliffe Sick of Being Naked 

'Harry Potter' star ready for new role

Dec 31, 08 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The idea of Harry Potter getting naked brought a lot of attention to Broadway’s Equus—but star Daniel Radcliffe is getting tired of stripping down with a fake horse every night, reports the New York Post. What’s next for the actor? Possibly a musical, he told his producer.... More »

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theater • nudity • Broadway • celebrity • play • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus • nude

theater review



 Revealing 
 Radcliffe 
 Carries 
 Equus 

Harry Potter star delivers 'intense' performance

Sep 26, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe takes on a “mothball-preserved, off-the-rack part” as a teenage stable boy who blinds horses in the Broadway debut of Equus, and “wears it like a tailor’s delight,” writes Ben Brantley of the New York Times. Radcliffe’s “beautifully understated” acting and... More »

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theater • Broadway • reviews • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus

  Naked Harry Hits Internet 

Two days in New York was all it took

Sep 11, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just two previews into his bare-all Broadway debut, and naked photos of Daniel Radcliffe —best known to the world for playing a certain boy wizard —have already leaked online, the New York Daily News reports. Radcliffe managed to play the role for five months in London without... More »

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Harry Potter • pornography • Broadway • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus

 Potter Flick Pushed to Summer


Aug 15, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter won't be working movie magic in November. In a surprise move, Warner Bros. has pushed back the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to July of 2009, MTV reports. The studio says the move isn't because of any problems with the film. It simply needs a... More »

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Harry Potter • movie premiere • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Warner Brothers • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Alan Horn • Entertainment Weekly

 Is That You, 
 Samantha?  

Kim Cattrall plays it staid in Victorian drama of Rudyard Kipling's family

Apr 17, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kim Cattrall had to pull a quick-change to start filming the Sex and the City movie: she’d just come off the set of a PBS film in which she played the buttoned-up wife of Rudyard Kipling, the New York Daily News reports. “It was definitely a challenging... More »

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HBO • Sex and the City • PBS • Kim Cattrall • Daniel Radcliffe • Rudyard Kipling

 'Potter' Star to
 Bare All on
 Broadway 

Equus starts 22-week run in New York
in September

Apr 9, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will strip down for American audiences on Broadway in a challenging dramatic role that has already wowed Brits. In a major departure from his famous boy wizard role, the 18-year-old stars in the dark psychosexual drama Equus as a troubled adolescent accused of blinding horses.... More »

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Harry Potter • theater • nudity • Broadway • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus • West End theater

  Studio Will Wizard 2 Movies  
  From Final Potter Book   

Pounding Deathly Hallows will be a two-parter

Mar 13, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Harry Potter series finished after seven books but fans will have an eighth movie to look forward to, the Los Angeles Times reports. Warner Bros. has decided to split the final Potter book, the hefty 784-page Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, into two films to come out in... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Warner Brothers • Daniel Radcliffe • movies

Wizard Hits Broadway in the Buff

Radcliffe: 'Broadway is a big, big thing'

Nov 5, 07 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will hit the Great White Way when Equus opens in New York next year. Radcliffe appeared in the 8-week London run of Peter Schaffer's play this year, garnering attention for showing his wand and quaffles in a nude scene. "I'm obviously nervous but I'm... More »

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Harry Potter • theater • Broadway • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus

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